Duff smiled. “That means she has forgiven you, then.”
“More than that,” Scuddamore said. “She told me that her real mother died in childbirth, and the woman with her was her father’s second wife, her stepmother, who is indeed only a few years older than herself. Her father met her in Riga.”
Duff’s smile broadened. “Sharing such a confidence is a good sign,” he agreed. “Can I hear wedding bells in the distance?”
Scuddamore stiffened. “I wouldn’t go that far,” he said and closed his mouth.
Watters hid his smile. Duff touched a nerve there. Our Scuddamore is getting very attached to Miss Jennifer Fletcher, yet I am still not convinced that woman is all she appears.
Duff touched a nerve there. Our Scuddamore is getting very attached to Miss Jennifer Fletcher, yet I am still not convinced
